#win Pippa Small Jewellery White Agate Square Stud Earrings

These earrings retail for £80 and they are made by the ethical Jeweller, Pippa Small. I have, and have reviewed, the jade ones and I wear them all the time.  I also bought white agate ones to use as this month's giveaway.  They are gold vermeil stud earrings for pierced ears and the stone is white agate.  They are packaged in a little silk bag.  

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Review: Pippa Small Vermeil Jade Square Stud Earrings.

These jade square stud earrings are made by the ethical Jewellery Pippa Small. She designs luxurious, hand crafted, ethically sourced pieces of jewellery.  These stud earrings are for pierced ears, made from gold vermeil (sterling silver covered on gold plate) and I chose the jade version (£80).  They are available in jade, white agate, lapis, brown agate and turquoise.  All her stones are ethically sourced. The jade stone measures 0.8x0.8cm and the earrings measure 1.5cm in length of the earring is 1.5 cm.  The earrings are made in Kabul (I have outlined the work she is doing with her Turquoise Mountain initiative in previous blog posts).

The earrings are incredibly comfortable and light to wear.  My mum found it easy to put the butterfly backing on the stud post (I can't lift my arm high enough to do it myself) as it easy to grip because the backing has three butterfly wings rather than the normal two.  The earrings are a cube design, so do not sit flat against the ear.  I have not caught them so far when fiddling with my hair or glasses! They are understated, elegant and their simplicity make the studs a timeless design as they go with anything and everything! They are a packaged in a silk bag as is all her jewellery.



I have moved away from the higher end popular Jewellery stores with their phalanx of Instagram Influencers and prefer to save up and purchase Items from this brand as I love and admire the ethics behind it and her items are so unusual and well made.  Even when I save up I can only afford the lower priced items (I also stalk Amazon UK as they sometimes stock end of line sale items).






I am giving away a pair of the white agate studs in my next blog post.


I purchased the earrings myself and the views expressed in this blog are my own.

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Pippa Small Jewellery: Khusha Ring

I have bought and reviewed several pieces of Pippa Small Jewellery.  I have reviewed Lapis studs from the Turquoise Mountain intituative, the lapis bracelet sold on eBay UK in aid of Children in Crisis and reviewed and given away a Monsoon/PippaSmall  aquamarine pendant. I love the charitable/ giving back element that forms the basis that drives Pippa Small to design and make beautiful, unusual and unique pieces of jewellery that helps others in parts of the world that desperately need it.

I purchased this Khusha ring size J via Amazon UK (RRP £160 but it was reduced to £35.54).  It came in a colourful little silk bag, which is also made by local artisans, and I love it.  The ring is made of gold vermeil and there is an intricate inlayed star design across it.  The inlay is jasper and Turquoise.  The length of the star design is 2.8cm. He ring band is a comfortable size but as the gold circle slightly overlaps the finger at either side I would not wear it as an every day ring but keep it for special occasions as I have a habit of scratching my eye and scratching the lense when I wear larger statement rings! The ring is currently available in size R and the matching earrings are too (£160).

I purchased this item myself and the thoughts expressed in this blog are my own.

There is currently a ring in size R available from

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#win Pippa Small Jewellery/ Monsoon Aquamarine Pendant

  

Pippa Small Jewellery is an ethical Jewellery brand that has won numerous awards for their ethical Jewellery and humanitarian work.  She has designed several Jewellery lines in collaboration with the Turquoise Mountain Foundation on Afghanistan and this work has expanded into Burma.  Monsoon collaborated with Pippa Small Jewellery in 2013/15 and created several collections which were more purse friendly - her work is beautifully crafted but very expensive! I missed out at the time but I regularly search Ebay and found this aquamarine Pendant.  The chain is 18ct gold plate and it has an s fastener.  The stone measures 3cm (L) and 21/2 cm(W) and is quite heavy.  I got 2 and have decided to use this piece as a competition prize.

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Opens 30 March 2018- closes 22 April 2018 12am (gmt)